The president said he’s received a lot of good, sensible ideas for potential legislation or executive active to reduce gun deaths that he’ll present later this week.

“I’m confident that there are some steps that we can take that don’t require legislation and that are within my authority as president,” Obama said.

However, the idea that Obama could use an executive order to pass tighter gun control laws has pro gun rights groups furious, including in Wisconsin.

"All of us have individual rights to keep and bear arms that is unrelated to the establishment of a militia now that we clearly know we have an individual right, you can't pass a law that takes away a right, and surely a president should not have and does not have the ability to issue an executive order that takes away one of our rights,” said James Fendry, director of Wisconsin Pro Gun Movement.

Fendry said because of the possible actions by the president or Congress, local gun shows and shops have been packed with people concerned over their rights to own a firearm.

Pardeep Kaleka lost his father, Sikh Temple President Satwant Singh Kaleka, after gunman shot and killed six people at the temple in August.

Since the shooting, Kaleka has been involved with several gun control groups that contributed to the vice president’s task force on gun laws. He’s hoping some sort of a compromise can be reached.

"Guns is just one portion of the problem, there are so many portions you can go into, the medical portion, the over-exposure of violence to kids, family structure, faith-based structure, you can go into a lot of things," said Kaleka.

In an ABC News/Washington Post Poll that was released on Monday, a vast majority of Americans said they would support extending background checks to gun shows and want some sort of change in laws.